Vulgar words in The Book of Were-Wolves (Page 1)
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Apuleius has left us his charming romance of the _Golden Ass_, in which the hero, through injudicious use of a magical salve, is transformed into that long-eared animal.
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Certain men, especially bastards, are obliged at each full moon to transform themselves into these diabolic beasts.
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Vikramâditya's father, the son of Indra, was condemned to be an ass by day and a man by night.
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The following passage is from the charming _Golden Ass of Apuleius_; it proves that salves were extensively used by witches for the purpose of transformation, even in his day:-- "Fotis showed me a crack in the door, and bade me look through it, upon which I looked and saw Pamphile first divest herself of all her garments, and then, having unlocked a chest, take from it several little boxes, and open one of the latter, which contained a certain ointment.
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In short, when I came to contemplate my transformation to its full extent, I found that, instead of a bird, I had become--an ASS."
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Then he spoke of their employments when they had buried the hatchet; of the peace and happiness and tranquillity they enjoyed when gathered into companies, they rested from their labours, and passed their time in talking and feasting, and bathing, and playing the game of bones, and making love.
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That the ancients held the same belief that the witches violate corpses, is evident from the third episode in the _Golden Ass_ of Apuleius.